GG,
Tried that, even downloaded the latest drives and loaded them. Even loaded newest drivers on to host machine.
Pmills,
Tried that, or similar, I used lpt1, and enabled /persistent:yes as well. I installed the printer to lpt1, but still didnt connect. Even disabled firewall on host just in case.
Next thought is a hardware option, buy a network (RJ45/Wireless) to usb adapter and try that. One advantage to that is the host pc wont need to be on to print from the remote laptops.